Asia-Pac computer sales up 13% in Q1: IDC

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Computer sales in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan totalled
8.9 million in the three months to March, an increase of 13 percent
from a year ago, an industry monitor said Thursday.

The sales increase showed the region's technology purchases
suffered no fallout in the aftermatch of a series of devastating
quakes and tsunamis in the last few months, research house IDC said
in a report.

"Despite an increased potential for catastrophe as a result of
multiple earthquakes and bird flu, the Asia Pacific PC (personal
computer) market was left unscathed," Bryan Ma, IDC's associate
director of personal systems research, said

IDC gave no breakdown by market but said demand in South Korea,
one of the largest in the region, was better than initial
projections while sales in Taiwan were affected by a
smaller-than-expected state tender.

Sales in China were also ahead of projections due to robust
demand from the education and government sectors while sales in
Hong Kong fell from the previous quarter because of weak consumer
sentiment, IDC said.